Matthews, Jeff

Technical rescuer : rope, levels I and II / Jeff Matthews - Clifton Park, NY : Delmar/Cengage Learning, c2009 - xviii, 200 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. - Technical rescuer . - Technical rescuer .

Includes index

Rope rescue: an introduction -- Incident planning and scene management -- Safety -- Equipment and system components -- Knots -- Anchor systems -- On belay -- On rappel -- Lowering systems -- Mechanical advantages, raising and ascending systems -- Tensioned rope systems

9781428320567 1428320563


Rope
Rescue work